I’m writing this article post Marie Forleo’s B-School, and I have to say the last couple of months have been pretty full-on. I’ve learned so much, and I’m busy taking what I have learned and putting it into practice. One thing that hit home for me is how we all need to deal with the negative voice in our head.
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Dealing with that negative voice in your head came up repeatedly during my time with B-School. It’s something that has been holding me back. Turns out, it holds a lot of people back.
It’s that annoying negative voice in each of our heads that tells us we are not enough.
It tells us our ideas are terrible; it tells us our big dream won’t work. It asks, why would anyone listen to you?
No matter how you phrase it, the meaning is all the same.
You are not good enough.
This was a common theme that was raised during the live calls in B-School. Most of the people starting their online businesses or trying to get their first product out into the world felt the same way.
The revelation was when Marie Forleo mentioned that she still sometimes has that voice in her head.
The interesting thing was that her wording was different. For Marie, it went something like this: What if my best work is behind me?
When I heard that, I had an Aha moment. I realized that the negative voice in our heads affects everyone – even people who are extremely successful like Marie.
Whilst she is already successful, she still has the occasional feeling of insecurity.
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We are all human. We all have our flaws and insecurities. We all have that negative voice in our heads telling us something nasty.
Books that can help build confidence and self-worth –
- Radical Confidence: 10 No-BS Lessons on Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life by Lisa Bilyeu
- Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
- Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts by Jennie Allen
So how do we deal with that negative voice?
The first thing you can do is stop beating yourself up for having the negative voice in your head in the first place. Don’t be hard on yourself about it. Everyone has this voice at times.
You can try to ignore it, though I wouldn’t recommend that; it’s a persistent little bugger.
Or we can acknowledge it and do one of two things. We can let it stop us from moving forward and doing what we truly want.
In a nutshell, we can let it crush our goals and dreams.
Or we can say screw you and get off our butts despite all of our fears and make amazing things happen. Be prepared for that negative voice to tell you it’s not that simple. It will try to overcomplicate the issue.
But when it all comes down to it, it’s not a complicated choice. We do nothing, or we go for it!
Whether we are starting, bouncing back from a failure, or already successful, we choose how we respond to that voice.
The choice is yours in how you respond to the negative voice in your head. I hope you pick door number two and go for it!
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